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Amidst the Covid-19 crisis affecting countries around the world, many Dollamur businesses have continued to thrive with the help of trustworthy and quality Dollamur products – Kimber Martial Arts is one of those businesses!

For our products to perform above and beyond your expectations, Dollamur made several recent technological advances in our mats, starting with the production of the vinyl mat surface. In recent years there has been a key initiative in the healthcare industry to move away from the use of antimicrobials and replace these with a biocidal additive.

In normal times owning a martial arts studio can be both challenging and rewarding. However under a world of pandemic and lockdown orders it’s only challenging. How you face this current challenge may very well determine whether or not you’ll be in business or not when the “all clear” is given. In this article we’re going to take a look at what some school owners are doing to maintain their student base along with some ideas that you can implement now so that you and your students are in the best position possible to succeed in a post COVID-19 world.  

The recent fear of illness being spread around the globe gives us a great opportunity to take a look at your school’s cleaning protocol. Viruses are most commonly spread with person-to-person contact however some viruses can also be transmitted through non-porous surfaces like grappling mats.Viruses have different half-lives. This means that after a certain period of time, let’s say 12 hours, 50% of the virus will remain, and then in another 12 hours 25%, and so on. This means that at any point in time an infected student may have left active and infectious cells on your mats or in your facility. Aside from the current news, the bigger threat to martial arts schools and students is the normal collection of skin infections that can be transmitted between students like ringworm,

Why are we in the business of martial arts?

Is it purely for the money? Is it because we want to spread the love of the art? Whatever your particular reason is, it is it’s the motivation that drives you to make it in for those early classes, or drives you to put in the long hours doing what it takes to grow your business. The purpose of this article is to help you identify all those different triggers that motivated your students to take the plunge and decide to get sweaty with a bunch of strangers in pajamas at their first martial arts class.